The unloaded oil remains, if there is room, in the casks in which 

 it was decanted. Finally it is put in a tank in a room cooled to -3°, 

 where it is processed by a filter press in the same room in order to re- 

 move, according to the requirements of the Code, the fats which readily 

 congeal. 



From the cold room, if the oil requires further purification, it is fil- 

 tered through fuller's earth in a tinned mixer at room temperature, and 

 refiltered for the last time. Then it is put in casks or directly into bottles. 



The Norwegians, with their celebrated Lofoten fishery, hold the first 

 place in the cod industry. Their production is characterized by great ir- 

 regularity; in 1912 it attained 460, 000 tons, then falling to 141, 000 tons 

 in 1918. The average annual yield is 250,000 tons. England follows with 

 160, 000 tons. It is to be remarked that the English are not interested, 

 with the Norwegians, in the Newfoundland fishery. They fish in the north- 

 ern waters of the United Kingdom and its archipelagos, in Iceland, and in 

 the North Sea. Canada is next with 100, 000 tons annually, then Iceland, 

 Newfoundland and France. The modern Russian trawlers also have an 

 important fishery in the Barentz Sea and the territorial waters off Mur- 

 mansk. Their production is not known. 



Like the Norwegian fishery, the French fishery is characterized by 

 great irregularity with, however, less violent fluctuations. In 1938, a 

 year of very good production, it attained 60, 000 tons, of which 46, 000 

 tons was from Newfoundland and 10, 000 tons from Greenland where most 

 of the sailing trawlers spent the season. In addition, 2,774 tons of liver 

 oil were landed. 



Most of the producing countries export the greater part of their catch. 

 Norway and Newfoundland are the greatest exporters, the first principally 

 to Spain, Italy and Portugal, the second to Portugal and the warm regions 

 of the American continent. England consumes much more than she exports. 



France nearly balances consumption with exports. The latter are to 

 Italy, Spain, Greece, Central America and the French colonies, princi- 

 pally the West Indies and Reunion. This last colony (east of Madagascar) 



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